Tonight’s derby between Milan And Inter it will be decisive, but only for the Nerazzurri, to establish whether they will win the Scudetto mathematically already today or will have to wait until next week. Milan, on the other hand, is playing for their pride: after the last five derbies lost (all badly) in 2023, the men of Stefano Pioli they will have the arduous task of postponing the tricolor celebration of Lautaro and his teammates, so as not to have to endure the shame of seeing them celebrate in front of their fans.
Pioli’s choices for the derby
Pioli, already considered sacked and who in the pre-match press conference showed himself nervous and resentful towards some journalists, changes everything: Giroud, Chukwueze and Okafor out, Leao as center forward, Pulisic on the left, Loftus-Cheek as attacking midfielder and Musah on the right. According to what Gazzetta dello Sport reports, this would be the tactical move designed by the Rossoneri coach to contain Dimarco and try to avoid a defeat that would be historic. Will it work?
There are some doubts: even in the return derby of the championship last year Pioli changed everything to find countermeasures against Inzaghi (3-man defence, Leao out, Origi-Giroud in attack and Messias midfielder) but the choice was a failure. And even in this case, it doesn’t seem like a stroke of genius to give up two of the fittest men in this period (Chukwueze and Okafor) to then deploy Leao in a position that he has never loved and in which he has always performed below par. expectations. To understand who will be right, we will just have to wait until this evening. But what seems certain is that the Emilian coach already has a foot and a half outside Milanello.
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